Jester Quotes

• Jesters do oft prove prophets.

  William Shakespeare

  Prophet, Proof, Prove

  William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.2426, Oxford University Press

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• Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Vanity, Sanity, Despite

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “This Isn't What It Looks Like: The Secret Series”, p.87, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter.

  Joe Randazzo

  Laughter, Soul, Needs

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.

  Richard Simmons

  Kings, Wife, Court

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• Think about the fool who by his virtue can be found in a most unusual situation playing jester to the clown.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Thinking, Fool, Virtue

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• In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

  Ted Koppel

  Anchorman, Kings, President

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• Cicero is dead! Cicero is born! The laughter has filled me, filled me so very completely. I am the laughter. I am the jester. The soul that has served as my constant companion for so long has breached the veil of the Void finally and forever. It is now in me. It is me. The world has seen the last of Cicero the man. Behold Cicero, Fool of Hearts - laughter incarnate!

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Laughter, Heart, Men

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• How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!

  William Shakespeare

  Hair, White, Fool

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 5, sc. 5, l. [52]

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• The jester is brother to the sage.

  Arthur Koestler

  Brother, Sage

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• Humor was a good way to hide the pain.

  Rick Riordan

  Pain, Way, Court Jester

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• Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Fate, Heaven, Sitting

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• As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

  Seth Godin

  People, Needs, Roles

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• Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown.

  Joe Randazzo

  Powerful, Laughter, Hate

  "Former 'Onion' editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed" by Joe Randazzo, www.msnbc.com. January 7, 2015.

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• Jesters do often prove prophets.

  Joseph Addison

  Literature, Prophet, Prove

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• I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with me or at me.

  Richard Simmons

  People, Laughing, Clown

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

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• A jester unemployed is nobodys fool.

  Danny Kaye

  Fool, Unemployed

  "Fictional character: Hubert Hawkins". "The Court Jester", www.imdb.com. 1955.

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• The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Advertising, Court, Democratic

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• Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

  Pseudonymous Bosch

  Silly, Talking, People

  Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: The Secret Series”, p.98, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

  Richard Simmons

  Real, Serious Person, People

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• The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!

  Danny Kaye

  Poison, Palaces, Court Jester

  "Fictional character: Hubert Hawkins". "The Court Jester", www.imdb.com. January 27, 1956.

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• The court jester had the right to say the most outrageous things to the king. Everything was permitted during carnival, even the songs that the Roman legionnaires would sing, calling Julius Caesar "queen", alluding, in a very transparent way, to his real, or presumed, homosexual escapades.

  Umberto Eco

  Song, Kings, Queens

  "Don't smile when you say that" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.

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• An unemployed jester is nobody's fool.

  Danny Kaye

  Fool, Unemployed

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• A jester, a bad character.

  Blaise Pascal

  Character, Bad Character

  "Pensées". Art, VI. 22, 1669.

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• Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy.

  Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont

  Drama, Comedy, Philosopher

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• The idea of vaudeville clowns and court jesters is always to show the flaw, to point out what's not working and why it's not coherent.

  John Baldessari

  Ideas, Vaudeville, Flaws

  Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 09, 2013.

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